> Governments are at their best when they are paternalistic, that's why we have ...

		Dracophoenix on Sept 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Florida to Supreme Court: Let us regulate social n... > Governments are at their best when they are paternalistic, that's why we have seatbelts, no lead in gasoline etc. The same paternalism has justified poisoning one's own people in a "war" against alcohol, dictated who was allowed to have sex with whom in privacy of their own home, and resulted in human experimentation for the supposed betterment of society.

Of course the law should dictate who you sleep with. In the 13 colonies adultery was rightly a capital crime.